Child&#39;s folding toilet seat



May 8 1934- H. E. MocANDLEss 1,958,276

CHILDS FOLDING TOILET SEAT Filed DeG. 28, 1931 ATTORNEY Patented May 8, 1934 UNTE STATES PATENT cerros 1 Claim.

rfhis invention relates to improvements in a childs folding toilet seat, and has for its principal object `the provision cf a simple and ineX- pensive toilet seat of this kind which may be readily mounted on an ordinary toilet seat.

.A nother object of the invention is the provision of a childs toilet seat of this kind which may be readily arranged on an ordinary toilet seat and secured thereto by simple manually operated means.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being pointed out in the claim at the end of the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a plan view of a childs folding toilet seat constructed according to one embodiment or the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, parts being broken away and a toilet seat on which it is mounted being shown in section;

3 is a side elevation of the seat folded;

Fig. i is a fragmentary detail showing the clamping device in another position, and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the drawing, in which like reference numerals refer to the same part in all the figures, 1 is the seat or" a childs folding toilet seat having the usual opening 2 therein which is adapted to be arranged on a toilet seat ci ordinary size and construction with its opening registering with the opening in the toilet seat. Fivoted to the seat 1 at a point adjacent its rear end by means of the brackets 3 is a back 4. Side arms 5 are pivoted at their rear ends to the back and at their front ends are connected with the seat 1 by means of links or arms 6 which are pivoted in the arms 5 at one end and held in pivotal engagement with the seat by means of brackets 'l secured thereto. By this construction, the back may be moved forwardly and downwardly with the arms to a folded position on the seat in a well known manner. When raised from the seat to the operative position, it swings through the vertical plane to a rearwardly inclined position, in which it is retained by the engagement oi the links 6 with the brackets 7, as seen in Fig. 1.

Means are provided for positioning the childs seat on a toilet seat by a lateral movement thereon, and clamping it securely to the toilet seat by manually operated means. To this end, a seat -engaging member 8 is constructed of resilient (Cl. Ll--239) material and secured to the under side of the seat l. The engaging member 8 is bent to provide laterally projecting arms 9 at its ends spaced from the seat and adapted to be resiliently engaged with a toilet seat by projecting them through the opening therein and giving the childs seat a lateral movement thereon. The arms 9 may be encased in a rubber sheath, as shown, to increase the friction between them and the seat and also to prevent injury to the finish 4545v of the seat. Intermediate its ends, the seat engaging member is bent upon itself to form a loop 1l which is engaged by a clip 12 which secures it to the seat 1.

The seat engaging member is arranged between the opening 2 in the seat and one of its sides, and between said opening and the opposite side of the seat a locking member 13 is pivotally mounted on the under side of the seat. The locking member 13 is also constructed of resilient material in the 75 form of an elongated rod pivotally mounted in a pair of alined clips arranged in a plane substantially parallel with the side of the seat. At its forward end, the locking member is bent downwardly, outwardly and upwardly to form a clamping or seat engaging member 14 adapted to move into resilient clamping engagement with a toilet seat when the locking member is turned in one direction or from engagement therewith when the locking member is turned in the other direction. When the clamping member is in released or retracted position, the arms 9 may be projected -through the opening in a toilet seat, as above described, and engaged with the seat whereby the childs seat is properly positioned on the toilet seat. If the locking member is now turned in its bearings, its clamping member is moved from the released position shown in Fig. 4 into clamping engagement with the lower side of the seat, as seen in Fig. 2. The rear end of the clamping member projects from the rear of the seat where it is bent inwardly and inclines upwardly to form a hand piece 15, as seen in the operative position shown in Fig. 2. A keeper 16 is secured to and projects from the rear end of the seat 1 and 100 engages the hand piece to retain the clamping member in the operative position. The parts are so arranged that the clamping member 14 engages the toilet seat before the hand piece reaches a position to engage its keeper so that it is sprung into clamping engagement with the seat when the hand piece is moved against the resiliency of the material into engagement with the keeper. In order to protect the toilet seat from injury by the clamping member, the latter may be encased in a rubber sheath, as indicated in the drawing. For the same purpose, resilient or rubber buiers 17 may be provided on the under side of the childs seat to engage the toilet seat and support the childs seat out of contact therewith to prevent injury to the upper surface of the toilet seat.

For the purpose of retaining the child in the seat, a cord or strap 18 is provided which may be constructed of fabric or other suitable exible material. The strap is permanently secured at one end to the side of the seat at a point adjacent its rear end and arranged to have its other end detachably secured to the opposite side of the seat. To this end, a ring 19 is arranged in the free end of the strap which is adapted to engage a hook 20 pivotally secured to the side of the seat. By this arrangement, the ends of the strap are secured. directly to the seat and retain the child therein.

It will be noted that a childs toilet seat constructed as herein described is simple, easy and inexpensive to make, conveniently and easily attached to a toilet seat, and is provided with easily operated means for securing it to and releasing it from a toilet seat.

Although only one embodiment of the invention is shown and described herein, it will be understood that this application is intended to cover such changes or modications as come within the spirit of the invention or scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A childs folding toilet seat comprising a seat member having an opening therein adapted to register with the opening in a toilet seat, a seat engaging member secured to the bottom of the seat member at one side and having a horizontal portion adapted to engage the bottom of the toilet seat by a lateral movement of the seat member, a one-piece locking member comprising a body portion pivotally secured to the opposite side of the bottom of the seat member and extending from the rear edge toward the front of the seat member, said body portion having at its front end a locking portion that extends downwardly and thence laterally when in locking position and at its rear end an operating portion that extends laterally and adjacent to the rear edge of the seat member when in locking position, the locking portion and operating portion occupying substantially vertical positions When out of locking position, and a keeper located on the rear edge of the seat member for engaging the operating portion and holding the member in looking position.

HARRY E. MCCANDLESS. 

